Lunar Festival (January 20 - February 3) 2014 Guide

It's time for the first in-game holiday of 2014, the Lunar Festival--so everyone break out the fireworks, show a little respect for your elders, and come celebrate the (lunar) new year!

The Lunar Festival is held every year starting on a date that typically coincides with the Chinese New Year. 2014's Lunar Festival starts on January 20 and ends on February 3. Ancestors of Azeroth are praised and honored by both Horde and Alliance, who then reward players with a special title, Elder <Name>, a celebration in Moonglade, and numerous Coin of Ancestry that can be used to purchase festive garb, patterns and fireworks!

While there were significant additions and changes in 2012, the Lunar Festival for 2013 and 2014 is unchanged.

Honoring Elders

Honoring elders is one of the main activities of the festival. In 2012's Lunar Festival, 9 elders have been added in zones new to Cataclysm.

RewardsFinding and honoring an elder will reward you with 75 reputation with all of your major city factions and a Coin of Ancestry, which can be used as a currency to purchase festival-related items. Honoring every elder will grant you 84 Coin of Ancestry, and over 6000 reputation (before bonuses). Players are reporting that you will not receive this reputation bonus applied to factions you are already Honored or above with.

Starting in 2012, honoring elders also grants experience and gold, making this a nice leveling boost for alts.

Complete List and Map

Tip: Clicking on the coordinates in the tables below will open a map of the elder's location in a lightbox. To view your character and your mouse cursor's coordinates on the in-game world map, you can use our very own addon, the Wowhead Looter (type /wl loc map).

Lunar FireworksStart & End:Lunar Festival HarbingerTo complete this quest you must purchase fireworks from a nearby Lunar Festival Vendor and use them nearby. The large fireworks clusters (such as Blue Rocket Cluster) will require use of a firework launcher, which can be found on the ground around the main Lunar Festival camps. Simply purchase and fire off the specified quantity of fireworks and return the quest to pick up the follow-up.You will receive a Lunar Festival Invitation which can be used to teleport to Moonglade by using it while standing in the 'Greater Moonlight' (a huge, white beam of light located in the main Festival camps). Once in Moonglade, you can teleport back to any major faction city by standing in the correct beam (which are distinguished by racial revelers around each beam). This invitation does have a duration but you can get a new one from the Lunar Festival Harbinger at any time during the festival.

Elune's BlessingStart & End:Valadar StarsongThis quest is actually flagged as a Raid quest in-game, though it shouldn't take very many players at all to complete. Simply purchase (or acquire through quests or crafting) some rocket clusters from a Lunar Festival Vendor and head down to the Stormrage Barrow Dens in Moonglade, southeast of Lake Elune'ara. Fire off the fireworks in the nearby cluster launchers to alert the Minion of Omen to your presence. You can use the Elune's Candle obtained from Elune's Candle or purchased for 10 silver from Valadar Starsong to do additional damage to the Minions and Omen himself.Continue firing off rockets and defeating the Minions and eventually the demon Omen will spawn. He is a Level ?? (Boss) NPC so his actual level will most likely be 3 levels higher than the average level of your group. Even still, he is not a very difficult boss. After Omen is defeated, you must be near his corpse to obtain the Elune's Blessing buff required to complete the quest. You don't have to get credit on the kill. Receive the buff and return to Valadar to complete the quest, which rewards the nifty Elune's Lantern which can turn Solid Stone into Elune Stone - not amazing, but still pretty cool!

Coin of Ancestry Redemption

Valadar Starsong and Fariel Starsong can be found in Moonglade selling items using Coin of Ancestry as currency. All of the items they sell are Bind of Pickup--except for the new pets. While you can obtain only a maximum of 84 Coin of Ancestry per year, they have no duration--so if you have some left over from a previous year's Festival you can use them to obtain more rewards!

Elders of CataclysmHonor the Elders which are located in zones opened by the cataclysm.For this achievement, you must honor all 9 elders founded in zones added in Cataclysm. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above. This achievement is new to 2012.

Elders of Eastern KingdomsHonor the Elders which are located in Eastern Kingdoms.For this achievement, you must honor all 17 elders found throughout the Eastern Kingdoms. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Elders of KalimdorHonor the Elders which are located in Kalimdor.For this achievement, you must honor all 21 elders found throughout Kalimdor. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Elders of NorthrendHonor the Elders which are located in Northrend.For this achievement, you must honor all 18 elders found throughout Northrend (and, incidentally, you must also have the Wrath of the Lich King expansion). For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Elders of the DungeonsHonor the Elders which are located inside the dungeons.For this achievement, you must honor all 13 elders found inside various dungeons of Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Northrend. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Elders of the AllianceHonor the Elders which are located in the Alliance capital cities.For this achievement, you must honor all 3 elders located in major Alliance cities. As the elders are friendly to both factions, this achievement is able to be completed by both Horde and Alliance players. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Elders of the HordeHonor the Elders which are located in the Horde capital cities.For this achievement, you must honor all 3 elders located in major Horde cities. As the elders are friendly to both factions, this achievement is able to be completed by both Horde and Alliance players. For elder locations, refer to the tabs above.

Lunar Festival FineryPurchase a festive pant suit or festive dress with Coins of Ancestry.To complete this achievement, you must purchase either a festive pant suit or festive dress from Valadar Starsong with Coin of Ancestry obtained from honoring the elders. The festival clothing can be purchased for 5 Coin of Ancestry. There are three different dresses and three different pant suits that can be purchased, so you can get all of them to complete your very own Lunar Festival wardrobe (though the achievement does only require one). The clothing is Bind on Pickup, but items can be purchased by characters of any level so this is a great opportunity to deck out your bank alt in style!

Comments

Comment by bardgal

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

Comment by perculia

on 2014/01/20 13:41:03

This idea is really cool. I think it would be a great way to keep the holidays relevant for long-time players and you could have new pets for quite a few years.

Comment by Jonnyne

on 2014/01/20 13:47:13

Another year with no new update.. *sadface*

Comment by regma

on 2014/01/20 14:11:17

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

Well for that one year they did have a horse. (brewfest: Brewfest Keg Pony) I know its not a pet but ya.

Comment by Jkpman

on 2014/01/20 14:18:44

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

I think this idea is much needed, they should be doing something I feel, as a long time player these events hold little relevance other than the once per expansion loot.

They could add a pet as you suggested, even a re-skin of the previous year to give it some uniqueness, the loot tables should definitely be updated yearly to be somewhat relevant (or give the items unique procs) Especially if things like the Timeless Isle are going to be something they intend to roll out in the future.

I loved the excitement of doing the holidays on my main for my proto drake (yes even those hideous PvP achievements)I feel only a few changes would be needed to bring back some of that desire to do these holidays again. (Heck, boost the XP the elders give back to 100% instead of just 50% of that of an at level quest)

Comment by Interest

on 2014/01/20 14:55:02

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

This is an excellent idea. I would love a horse pet anyways ;P.

Comment by mishnata

on 2014/01/20 14:56:06

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

I think this idea is much needed, they should be doing something I feel, as a long time player these events hold little relevance other than the once per expansion loot.

They could add a pet as you suggested, even a re-skin of the previous year to give it some uniqueness, the loot tables should definitely be updated yearly to be somewhat relevant (or give the items unique procs) Especially if things like the Timeless Isle are going to be something they intend to roll out in the future.

I loved the excitement of doing the holidays on my main for my proto drake (yes even those hideous PvP achievements)I feel only a few changes would be needed to bring back some of that desire to do these holidays again. (Heck, boost the XP the elders give back to 100% instead of just 50% of that of an at level quest)

I absolutly love these ideas! I miss the shiney new quest feeling lol, it has even become hard to quest at all on my alts just cant get into the quest lines

Comment by zhake132

on 2014/01/20 15:34:39

If you have the time and patience to fly around Azeroth for hours, To Honor One's Elders will be yours within day 1.

Comment by Martika

on 2014/01/20 15:51:24

You say there are 'not many changes' this year, but there is no section that I see specifically detailing what DID change this year.

Comment by Mirouku

on 2014/01/20 16:22:36

Definetely this festival needs some updates to be attractive for long time player..

Comment by Loapaja

on 2014/01/20 17:55:20

I wish there was something new, but I still enjoy this festival!

Comment by dacoqrs

on 2014/01/20 18:55:51

If you are on a PvP server: You will die.

Comment by felhunter

on 2014/01/20 19:37:25

so if i got this correct nothing changed? or has the lunar event information not yet updated too 2014 (mentions 2012 a few times, so might be possible).

Comment by Lieve

on 2014/01/20 19:47:04

Was totally hoping there would be a new pet this year. I've had both lanterns for awhile now :(

Comment by gguga12

on 2014/01/20 20:33:56

Does anyone now how much coins i need to get all items

Comment by Woodrun

on 2014/01/20 21:39:09

Blizzard should do a battle pet each year that reflects the current year. 2014 is the year of the horse. We could finally get our PONY!

Seriously though, it would give each year something new for lunar fest.

This is a +1 Idea!

Comment by FTWitachi

on 2014/01/21 02:02:14

Hurray, the first Holiday of the year and what a great start! Spamming rockets and clusters at the speed of light surrender now or prepare to fight :) I have made a Video Guide for those that need help let me know what you think and I hope it helps- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9c9D3R4fI&feature=youtu.be

Comment by ReddOrion

on 2014/01/21 05:13:42

Am I the only one that saw the three colors of fireworks, thought of Mass Effect 3, then was sad? :(

Comment by ED209

on 2014/01/21 06:19:09

I'm surprise there are no Elders for Pandaria. It seems this holiday is something they could really get into, in order to integrate themselves better into the world, and see what they've been missing out on!

Comment by perculia

on 2014/01/21 08:40:53

2012 was the last time the event had major changes--the two pets were added. 2014 had no visible changes in the data, but we didn't know if Blizzard would do something like a themed-boss encounter, like how Siegecrafter's abilities were wreathes for Winter Veil.